Concern Grows About Antibiotic Use in Food

By

KATY MCLAUGHLIN Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated Aug. 2, 2005 11:59 p.m. ET

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The Food and Drug Administration's decision last week to ban the antibiotic Baytril in poultry production is among the latest in a series of steps to limit the use of antibiotics in farm animals. The move comes at a time when an increasing number of companies are marketing...